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Saint George (Ancient Greek: Γεώργιος, romanized: Geṓrgios; [note 1] died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition, he was a soldier in the Roman army .
Saint George was venerated in England as early as the eighth century and devotions to Saint George and shrines dedicated to him continued to grow during the Middle Ages across Europe. [21] Saint George's Abbey on the Reichenau monastic island on Lake Constance in Germany was founded in 888 and in about the year 900 Georgslied (Song of Saint ...
The term is also used in Malta especially by parishes dedicated to Saint George in reference to him (San Ġorġ Megalomartri). Generally speaking, a greatmartyr is a martyr who has undergone excruciating tortures —often performing miracles and converting unbelievers to Christianity in the process—and who has attained widespread veneration ...
Saint George before Diocletian, in a 14th-century mural in Ubisi The reign of the emperor Diocletian (284−305) marked the final widespread persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire . The most intense period of violence came after Diocletian issued an edict in 303 more strictly enforcing adherence to the traditional religious practices of ...
The sacred relic of Saint George was one of the most famous of relics, after the True Cross and Holy Lance, and was the arm of the Saint George (d. 303), reputedly ordered killed by the Roman Emperor Diocletian for his failure to renounce his faith in Christ.
Saint George's Day (Jeries) is celebrated widely in Jordan, especially in a town near Amman called Fuheis. In Jordan, many churches are dedicated to St. George. St. George's Day is celebrated throughout Iraq and Lebanon, but especially in towns and villages where churches for St. George have been erected.
Martyr Polychronia, mother of Great-martyr Saint George, a Greek native of Lydda (Diospolis) (303) [11] Martyrs Anatolius and Protoleon , [ 12 ] [ 13 ] soldiers converted by witnessing the martyrdom of St. George; and martyrs Glycerius [ 14 ] and Athanasius the Magician, [ 15 ] at Nicomedia (303) [ 2 ]
The building is under the protection of the Republic of Serbia as a part of the Immovable Cultural Heritage of Great Importance.The Orthodox Church in Sombor, dedicated to Saint Great Martyr George, was erected on the site of an older church that was renovated during the Ottoman rule in 1717 and was known as the Small St. George's Church. [2]